True fans

September 21, 2012

I am a lifelong, die-hard Chicago White Sox fan, enjoying this season. I open up the Voice of the People section to see another letter from a Cubs fan blustering on about attendance. Yes Cub fans, Wrigley Field sells out every game, but of the 40,000 or whatever the capacity is of Wrigley Field, how many "fans" there are actually paying any attention to the game? Take a poll of people exiting Wrigley after the game and see how many know who pitched, what the score was or even who won. A majority won't be able to tell you, but they'll be able to tell you about the scantily clad woman in the stands, or how many beers they had, or who sang the 7th inning stretch (and a subject for another day, the "guest conductor' of the 7th inning stretch should've ended after one season). Ask fans exiting U.S. Cellular Field who won, the score, etc, you'll get intelligent baseball conversation! I'll take a less full U.S. Cellular over a full Wrigley any day, as our park has a lot less obnoxious drunken morons and has more knowledgeable fans. Enjoy the sunshine, especially the sunshine the Ricketts family and Theo Epstein are blowing up your skirts. I'll enjoy playoff baseball and possibly another World Series Title (or more) before your team gets out of its next century of bottom-feeding.